The most important part of writing my IMRAD paper was analyzing the research and understanding the differences between cultures and the way they write. I made the decision to only interview ten people. Looking back I believe if I would have interviewed upward of one hundred the results probably would have been the same but the survey method instead of the interview method may have been simplier. The issue of cultural diversity exist in every aspect of life. With my research I did discover that it existed not so much beacuse of a race or gender but because of the discourse community you belong too. That had more of a bearing than anything else. While each language has it's own rules when writing, our surroundings and generational upbringing played just as big of an influence.
The audience response was what I expected. When we speak of cultural diversity we automatically assume it is geared towards race. Instead of thinking out of the box and looking at what other reasons a writing could be different we assume language or vocabulary are the biggest differences. One of the biggest differences in writing wasnt the vocabulary, it was the style of writing. Americans generally wrote with conviction and freely expressed thoughts, while other languages did not because of upbringing or religious beliefs. I stand behind the choice I made in writing about more than just a language barrier. I wanted the reader to understand that diversity is created in more ways than just where we were born
